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Finding his Voice
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 30/12/2014
» When Somsak Rinnaira posted on his Facebook page that he would save up money to go compete in The Voice, he was not totally serious. That was back in 2013 when Somsak was just a 21-year-old college student who worked part-time at a KFC branch in Chiang Rai.
High scores, flaws and bot wars
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 17/12/2014
» Nobody knows if Thailand will ever make it to the World Cup final.
Bangkok, bluntly
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 10/12/2014
» It would be quite offbeat for a Thai to make a fuss about the dirtiness of the capital city. But when an outsider brings up such an ugly truth, it slaps the country right in the face.
GTH's Mez is a romcom kind of guy — get used to it
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 05/12/2014
» I Fine Thank You Love You is the latest romantic comedy film from GTH to hit cinemas nationwide next Wednesday. The film centres on a teacher, Pleng, who is asked by a student leaving for America to tell her boyfriend Yim she wants to break up with him. Yim blames Pleng for perfecting his girlfriend's English skills and nags her to teach him to speak English so that he too can go to America and get his girl back.
Cutting it with the men
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 25/11/2014
» Thanaleeda Sriprathum’s is a 30-year-old female barber with a predilection for men’s hairstyles. From pompadour to the undercut, she digs any style that requires the work of a hair clipper.
Legacy of a visionary
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 24/11/2014
» Ayutthaya was not built in a day. Neither was the replica of the city that was cloned from it centuries later.
The quest to make physics fun
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 19/11/2014
» For students in Thailand, cram schools are an intrinsic part of school life. But while they may offer advantages for students whose parents are more than pleased to see their children get the most from their education, some families simply cannot afford these extra classes.
Leading by example
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 11/11/2014
» At 8am on a typical school day, children, wearing their national costumes, line up and sing the Thai national anthem as the Thai flag is hoisted. In class, they study every subject in Thai with Thai teachers. At lunch, they enjoy local food. On Teachers’ Day, alumni revisit their teachers, presenting them with a jasmine garland.
The royal running man
Life, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 06/11/2014
» Sa-ing Harnpakhon, a 63-year-old man, has become the country's most beloved uncle after running 550km, from the northern province of Phrae to a self-imposed finish line at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, to wish His Majesty the King a speedy recovery from his illness.
Stylish sisterhood
Muse, Duangphat Sitthipat, Published on 01/11/2014
» We live in the present. And that sometimes makes us forget that yesterday was also the time of our lives. We have forgotten how fashionable the fashion was ten years ago because looking at it now, it was downright old-fashioned. And we wonder how fashionable girls in the past could be.